The fate of older workers in terms of discrimination, (and you only have to be aged over 55 to be considered one) should be a much bigger issue in the federal election. Our latest FiftyUp poll finds your concerns about employment are up there with healthcare and super and you want more employer incentives and employee training. Certainly the Labor Party has proposed a ... read more>

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has warned that the over-55s are now particularly vulnerable to scammers pushing bogus investment and superannuation schemes. The alert came as the ACCC released new data this week revealing rip-offs from confidence tricksters are costing us annually at least $229 million. The commission’s deputy chair Delia Rickard says... read more>

You need to know what policies may leave you either richer or poorer - be it in sickness or in health. So until Election day we’ll be collecting the pledges of both sides of politics in the areas we believe have the most direct impact on those aged 50 and above. Our "Election Distiller" will give you a digest of where the parties stand with links to fin... read more>

On Tuesday the Treasurer gets on his hind legs in Canberra and lays down new laws which inevitably create winners and losers. He will assure all sides that the changes are in the common good and seek to maximise the benefits to the winners and minimise the impact to the losers.  Two days later the leader of the Opposition, who has the right of reply, minimises the so-called gains a... read more>

More than 10,000 Australian over-50s have joined the MA50+ campaign in less than 24 hours since it began. That’s half way to the target they hoped to reach within 4 weeks and is about 7 over-50s joining every minute since the campaign kicked off on Monday morning. The MA50+ campaign aims to use the combined buying power of 20,000 consumers aged over 50 to negotiate exclusively disco... read more>